dc.contributor.author | Lawson, Charles | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T16:57:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T16:57:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.date.modified | 2009-08-11T05:53:32Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 10381635 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/25094 | |
dc.description.abstract | While there may still in theory be some limits to the Constitution s 51(xviii) "patents for inventions" legislative power, the introduction of the concept of "other products of intellectual effort" in Nintendo Co Ltd v Centronics Systems Pty Ltd (1994) 181 CLR 134 [PDF] appears to have established an almost limitless scope for this power. In addition, the Constitution s 51(xxix) "external affairs" legislative power considerably expands the scope for possible patent and patent-like legislative schemes. This article reviews the existing precedents and addresses the remaining potential limits to the Commonwealth Parliament's legislative authority to implement patent and patent-like legislative schemes that promote pro-competitive innovations without unduly restricting desirable competition. The analysis concludes that any present constraints on the Commonwealth Parliament's legislative authority are unlikely to be for want of expansive constitutional powers. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Lawbook Co. | |
dc.publisher.place | Australia | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/ | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 243 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 254 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 4 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Australian Intellectual Property Journal | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 17 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Law not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Law | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 180199 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1801 | |
dc.title | Revisiting the Commonwealth Parliament's legislative authority for patent and patent-like schemes under the Constitution | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.date.issued | 2006 | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Lawson, Charles | |